Rina was expected to weaken even more over the next 48 hours and was expected to begin a southward drift back toward the northwestern Caribbean Sea and remain there. Rina had been a Category 2 hurricane with winds near 110 mph Wednesday but lost much of its intensity early Thursday.

South Florida remains outside the forecast cone, though a very moist air mass will continue to move towards the area through the weekend, with occasional showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for Saturday.